Is Virginia For Lovers? Hardly — Try Alaska Instead

Since 1969, we’ve believed that Virginia was the lovers’ state, thanks to a misleading tourism campaign. Turns out, we’ve been wrong all along.

In an attempt to determine the “sultriest state”, Mental Floss has looked at the data across six sexy categories — birth rate, marriage rate, wine sales, cut flower sales, bed and breakfasts, and Marvin Gaye listens — to see which state tops the lists.